Effects of voluntary iodized salt prophylaxis on thyroid volume of children residing in Val Tiberina;Effetti della iodoprofilassi su base volontaria sul volume tiroideo della popolazione giovanile in Val Tiberina

Annali dell'Istituto Superiore di Sanita

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 399-402

  Antonangeli, Lucia ^a   Leoli, Francesco ^a   Maccherini, Doretta ^a   Aghini Lombardi, Fabrizio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Goiter prevalence; Iodine deficiency; Iodized salt prophylaxis; Thyroid volume; Urinary iodine excretion

Indexed keywords

IODINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COLORIMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GOITER; HUMAN; IODINE DEFICIENCY; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PROPHYLAXIS; THYROID GLAND; URINARY EXCRETION;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHILD; GOITER, ENDEMIC; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; IODINE; ITALY; SODIUM IODIDE; THYROID GLAND; TOPOGRAPHY, MEDICAL;

EID: 0032449714     PISSN: 00212571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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